Pretty interesting about lena cracking that biner. Light climber with 60 feet of rope means low ff. but, weird stuff happens. I kicked a quick off a bolt 5 years ago. Just heard a clink, looked down and saw it on the rope on the next draw down.

went to teh doktor yesterday. said probibly just an MCL sprain, if it's still bothering me in 3-4 weeks then I'll get an MRI and see if the meniscus is torn. which is unlikely. said biking is gud, seemed a bit skeptical of climbing since I should avoid twisting, but I'll probibly take this weke end off and then start climbing 1.5footed next weekend.

Good god the people in this thread are turning into 80 year olds.

Snupe just needs to realize that this is a blessing in disguise. He's already got the head down, ass out, ghey footwork garnite technique dialed. Now, if he just jumps on teh hang and campus boreds, he'll be crushing in no thyme. Of course, he won't, but the point is that he could.

Ran hills in the clinic last night. The best/worst thing about hills is that you get to run down them after you run up them.

Also picked up one of those foam roller things to self massage my upper butt.

I'm more ov an ass, man.... and isn't self massage kinda like masterbation?

In that aides are sometimes nice to have?

Toys? Well, with didn't ewe say so in teh first place?

Toys are gud.

I has a toy box teh size ov a foot locker and it's full.... but we have talked about this before?

I think this is a road the BET has never wandered down.

This iz knot entirely korrect.

While it's tru, we have knot had in depth disscussions... and I haven't posted pic's ov teh contents ov teh toy box.

I have said that I wood never consider dating any won that wasn't a freak. Have talked about Ricky, teh sex swing, a pron collection that wus stolen from C-ya's rig, visits to teh pron shop, and how boring teh vanilla is. I've mentioned Jay Wiseman and used dozens of terms strate owt ov his glossery... most awl ov witch went unnoticed. Quoted and misquoted owt of Deborah Addington's book.

Probibly more, but that rite oft teh top ov my hed.

Whut due ewe wunts to no?

Start with the pictures of that toy chest, to stimulate, umm... discussion?

assertive fantasies in conjunction with yore militant feminism are in conflict with going under and allow for any bottom space. erotic power exchanges involving pushing limits ov poignant sensations by torture require discipline not possessed by teh novice, curious about teh scene.

If you ever decide to make money by psychoanalysis... well, I am not saying that you aren't capable of doing things, if you put your mind to it, but... don't quit your day jobretirement, thinking that it will work out well.

And no worries, I am not THAT curious about your toy chest. I can wait until you die and we split your gear, in case there is anything interestingI haven't seen before.

thinking to self.... hummm, just cuz I've seen a bunson bunner and beaker doesn't mean I noes how to cook meth

There was a group of gumbies at the wall I climbedbelayed for my rest day that were cupping your PT's balls so hard, I thought he was going to end up with a really bad case of ingrown hair.

OMG, I have heard more about the mighty guy in 2 hours that I thought was humanely possible.

The kicker was when one of the guys solemnly announced (in response to a girl who couldn't figure out where to go to make the moves on 5.10, and when she was told that she should go for the tickmark, responded with "but I don't know what that tickmark really MEANS, what if it is not GOOD?")... "that this is why *** always says to toprope any route before you lead it."

weke end report: knee is improving. rode about 25 miles on saturday, felt pretty gud. sunday, decided to get back into it by climbing at teh hole. busy day down there -- jak, c-ya, mangler, nate, terri, myself, teh oracle, plus a separate crew that climbed teh warmup a few times and TRd teh bak wall rowt. inward twisting still makes the knee sore, but I can high step on it and stand up without a problem.

teh hangboreding seemed to at least keep me in shape, since I got up all teh warmups without difficulty (but didn't try any of the harder stuff).

There was a group of gumbies at the wall I climbedbelayed for my rest day that were cupping your PT's balls so hard, I thought he was going to end up with a really bad case of ingrown hair.

OMG, I have heard more about the mighty guy in 2 hours that I thought was humanely possible.

The kicker was when one of the guys solemnly announced (in response to a girl who couldn't figure out where to go to make the moves on 5.10, and when she was told that she should go for the tickmark, responded with "but I don't know what that tickmark really MEANS, what if it is not GOOD?")... "that this is why *** always says to toprope any route before you lead it."

*** has a point ... it's much easier to onsight on your first lead that way.

good lord, this place is dead. It will probably pick up as soon as Lena has caught up from her SE vacay and dropped in to tel us details of her epic.

For now, though, some climber gossip that I've gleaned from my facespace stalkerfeed:

1. It looks like Katie Brown has reproduced a spawnling. Not sure if this was a result of her Christian upbringing and abstinence-only ed. Probably not.

2. See grupe.

Heh!

I posted a full incident analysis if anybody cares to read.

The trip was good overall, despite the weather and the epic biner fail.

I was planning on Obed for 3 days, then Red for the rest of the week, but we ended up doing Red for 2 days, then Obed for 4, then back to the Red.

More driving than I would have liked.

We stayed at the hostel. I liked it, but I have a mixed feeling about it as the next thanksgiving meet-up place. Could work, but the stove is only a 3-burner, and the oven is really small.

Obed is cool, but I didn't train for it the right way. It would take some getting used to climbing there, but I would def go back someday.

I was a bit disappointed with the 5-star must-do routes there (except Pet Cematery, that one was cool), but my absolute most favorite was the 5.10c start to the 5.13 at Tieranny-- called Huecool Jr. (as opposed to full-length Sr.) Way-way-way better than Spawn. I was just drooling and salivating and wondering how amazing it was, all the way up.

Oh, and the other favorite route of the trip was "The lifestyles of the Ripped and Heinous", an 11b to the right of the main Tieranny wall. Starts with a cool roof that is way easier than it looks, and then goes into a face climbing like Barfing Butterflies at the New.

Hanging my own draws the entire time did get a bit old though...

RRG-- first day we went to the Bear's Den. I flashed two "5.12a's", which would be really cool, except they weren't really 5.12s more like 11b and 11d, currently improperly graded in the online guide.

Mercy was way more "exciting" than I bargained for, but I am glad i sent it. Overall feeling strong, but didn't get on nearly as many climbs as I had hoped for.

Ed is progressing nicely, he almost sent the 11a at the Bronaugh wall on the second go, and he did a bunch of mid-10s first go at the Obed and the Red. I think he'll get to 11b this season.

weke end report: knee is improving. rode about 25 miles on saturday, felt pretty gud. sunday, decided to get back into it by climbing at teh hole. busy day down there -- jak, c-ya, mangler, nate, terri, myself, teh oracle, plus a separate crew that climbed teh warmup a few times and TRd teh bak wall rowt. inward twisting still makes the knee sore, but I can high step on it and stand up without a problem.

teh hangboreding seemed to at least keep me in shape, since I got up all teh warmups without difficulty (but didn't try any of the harder stuff).

weke end report: knee is improving. rode about 25 miles on saturday, felt pretty gud. sunday, decided to get back into it by climbing at teh hole. busy day down there -- jak, c-ya, mangler, nate, terri, myself, teh oracle, plus a separate crew that climbed teh warmup a few times and TRd teh bak wall rowt. inward twisting still makes the knee sore, but I can high step on it and stand up without a problem.

teh hangboreding seemed to at least keep me in shape, since I got up all teh warmups without difficulty (but didn't try any of the harder stuff).

but no Big Tony?

yeah, there was terri, but Big Tony was conspicuously absent.

there's a working theory (basically, now a fact) that blutarski got married as a way to avoid getting beaten into quitting by teh hole.